Director, Department Store Sales

About the role

The Director of Department Store Sales owns SPANXs strategy profitability and relationships across the North American department store channel. This is a leadership role responsible for setting the vision for the channel driving profitable growth leading a high-performing team of account managers and partnering with sales operations professionals and planners. 

The role blends strategic planning analytical rigor and executive relationship management. The Director partners closely with Merchandising Planning Marketing and Operations to translate brand strategy into account-level execution and serves as the primary voice of the department store channel within the SPANX wholesale organization. 

This role is based in our Atlanta headquarters requires weekly in office work Tuesday-Thursday and reports into VP Wholesale. 

Youll love it because you will  

Channel Strategy & Growth 

• Define and lead the multi-year growth strategy for the department store channel identifying white-space opportunities across accounts categories and collections. 

• Own the channel P&L and revenue targets; forecast and manage the business to deliver on financial commitments. 

• Develop seasonal and account-level plans that balance sell-in sell-through and inventory productivity. 

Account Leadership & Relationships 

• Serve as the senior SPANX relationship owner for buyers DMMs and GMMs across key department store partners. 

• Lead strategic account conversations assortment planning joint business planning and negotiation to grow SPANXs share and shelf presence. 

• Represent SPANX at market line reviews and executive account meetings. 

Planning & Analytics 

• Direct the development of unit and dollar sales projection models at the account style color and size level leveraging point-of-sale and inventory data to inform buys and forecasts. 

• Establish and monitor channel KPIs sell-through productivity and margin and use them to drive decision-making. 

• Identify sales opportunity ranges and lift potential across accounts to prioritize investment. 

Team & Operations Leadership 

• Build lead and develop the department store sales team. 

• Establish the organizational infrastructure roles and rituals that enable a scalable high-performing team. 

• Champion sales operations excellence order management account setup seasonal planning systems optimization and cross-functional coordination. 

Cross-Functional Partnership 

• Partner with Merchandising and Product to shape assortments that meet the needs of the channel and each account. 

• Collaborate with Planning on inventory strategy replenishment and RTV / sell-down plans. 

• Work with Marketing to align brand and retail activation across the channel. 

Qualifications :

We require  

• 10 years of progressive wholesale sales experience with significant time in the department store channel; apparel intimates or shapewear experience preferred. 

• Proven track record of owning a channel or major-account P&L and delivering revenue growth. 

• Deep fluency in retail math and analytics sell-through AUR margin and inventory productivity. 

• Advanced Excel / data modeling skills; comfort building account-level projection models from POS and inventory data. 

• Established relationships with buyers and merchant leadership across major department stores. 

• Demonstrated people leadership building developing and retaining high-performing teams. 

• Strong executive presence negotiation skills and cross-functional collaboration. 

• Bachelors degree required; MBA a plus. 

What Success Looks Like  

In this role success means a growing profitable department store business built on strong account partnerships disciplined planning and a well-run motivated team with SPANX positioned as a strategic indispensable partner to each of its key retail accounts. 

Additional Information :

Spanx is proud of our continued Progressive People Practices  

• Company HealthcarePlan:$0.00 out of pocket (Employee only benefit) 
  Fertility testing and treatment are included in Spanxs medical plans even without the diagnosis of infertility 

• Parental Leave Policy:Primary caregiver receives 16 weeksANDwill have the option to work a half-time schedule(20hours per week) for up to fouradditionalweeks with full-time (40 hours per week) pay 

• Mental Health Days:10 days 

• 401K:Matched up to 4%withimmediate vesting 

• PTO &Company Holidays:Holiday refresh break between Christmas and NYE 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time